Presidium

English translation: presidium / praesidium / executive committee

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Spanish term or phrase:	Presidium
English translation:	presidium / praesidium / executive committee
Entered by:	Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral

11:51 Jan 29, 2016

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Conference address (Mex>US)

Spanish term or phrase: Presidium

Señora XXXX
Coordinadora del Patronato Nacional de la Mujer del Año
Señoras del patronato que nos acompañan en el Presidium

Señoras y Señores

Quiero iniciar agradeciendo al Patronato Nacional de la Mujer del Año, a cada una de sus integrantes, y en particular a...

I've never come across this before, does anyone know what this refers to (besides the obvious marxist or Soviet references)?

Robert Carter KudoZ activity Questions: 87 (6 open) (21 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 2441 Mexico
Local time: 11:33

presidium / praesidium

Explanation:
presidium / praesidium

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Robert, my refs do not mention the Soviet Union, but the European Union, just like:
http://iate.europa.eu/SearchByQuery.do?method=searchDetail&l...

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http://www.rcrcmediterraneanconference.org/detail.asp?c=2&p=...

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http://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/slow-food-presidia/arga...

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http://euromil.org/event/112th-presidium-meeting-16-17-octob...

etc

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http://presentationparish.org/legion-mary-praesidium-auxilia...

from a Calif. church

Selected response from:

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral

Grading comment

Thank you all for your help. I think both this and "executive committee" are good choices.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +3

presidium / praesidium

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral

[fellow members of the] Council/Board of Directors

Muriel Vasconcellos

Proscenio

Christian [email protected]

Summary of reference entries provided

The second meaning of "presidium"

Ross Andrew Parker

Discussion entries: 5

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26 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

presidium / praesidium

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you all for your help. I think both this and "executive committee" are good choices.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you Antonio. My problem is that I don't believe this has anything to do with the Soviet Union or communist groups, or any of the others mentioned in that Wikipedia page, it concerns a meeting of the Patronato Nacional de la Mujer del Año.

13 hrs confidence:

Proscenio

Explanation:
Perhaps she meant to say "Proscenium"?

Christian [email protected]
United States
Local time: 13:33
Native speaker of: Spanish

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you, Christian, I did wonder about that myself to begin with.

13 hrs confidence:

[fellow members of the] Council/Board of Directors

Explanation:
My reasoning is circuitous, so bear with me. I saw on the Internet the "Patronato del Mujer del Año" is translated as 'Women of the Year Foundation'.

See:
https://www.softtek.com/newsroom/news-releases/softtek-presi...
Blanca [Treviño] was a founding member of Softtek in 1982 in Monterrey, Mexico and has been leading the company as President and CEO since 2000. In 2014, Treviño was named Mexico’s “Woman of the Year” by the National Women of the Year Foundation (Patronato Nacional de la Mujer del Año).

This translation sent me to search for 'Women of the Year Foundation', where I found a UK site:
www.womenoftheyear.co.uk/foundation/The Women of the Year Foundation was established in 2001 with the aim of helping women to fulfil their potential and become, in their own context, future ...

The UK WYF has a **Board of Directors and a Nominating Council**.

I'm assuming that the speaker is referring to the Board of Directors of the equivalent Mexican body.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 10:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 305

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you, Muriel, some good investigation there!

Reference comments

53 mins peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: The second meaning of "presidium"

Reference information:
The second meaning of "presidium" in Collins is broader: "a collective presidency, esp of a nongovernmental organization" (http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/praesidi...

Ross Andrew Parker
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20

Note to reference poster

Asker: Thanks, Ross, I hadn't seen that anywhere. I took a cursory look at the first few pages of Google and they seemed to be purely references to communist countries and proper names, then I looked it up in a few dictionaries. I still find it a bit odd that I haven't come across it before in this context, but we all have our blind spots I suppose. Again, thanks for your time!

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